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Luke
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Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:28 pm Posts: 1295
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Yea, i started that yesterday, and am enjoying the first book so far, really interesting
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Cyning of Scedenig
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Joined: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:17 am Posts: 2079 Location: California
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Mein Kampf, Jewish Supremacism, Debating the Holocaust, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit, Unfinished Tales, The Silmarillion, Children of Húrin, etc.
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TheContinental
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Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:16 pm Posts: 304 Location: South Carolina
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Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan.
13 Books 1000 Characters Huge World Multiple Conflicts
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Gman
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Read "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and you will be ready for life.
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Luke
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Gman wrote: Read "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and you will be ready for life. I have read the art of war, very intriguing
_________________ Lots of people have birthdays in early November. I like to think that it's because their parents fucked on Valentine's day.
"OH BABY YOU BOUGHT ME A HALLMARK CARD AND SOME F*CKING ROSES. PLEASE BUST A LOAD IN MY SNATCH AND LET'S MAKE A CRITTER" "LOL K" *SPLAT* -Gman
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Fugly
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Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:32 am Posts: 373 Location: Rock Hill, SC
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Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin (books that spawned Game of Thrones series on HBO) - you won't find more compelling and relatable characters in any other books. Even if you've watched the series, the books are of course better and WELL worth the read.
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| Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:23 pm |
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Luke
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Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:28 pm Posts: 1295
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 Re: Good books?
Just finished the hunger games it was amazing
_________________ Lots of people have birthdays in early November. I like to think that it's because their parents fucked on Valentine's day.
"OH BABY YOU BOUGHT ME A HALLMARK CARD AND SOME F*CKING ROSES. PLEASE BUST A LOAD IN MY SNATCH AND LET'S MAKE A CRITTER" "LOL K" *SPLAT* -Gman
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t0keN
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Joined: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:00 am Posts: 2738 Location: Jacksonville, NC
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The Hunger Games were awesome!! Movie comes out in March.
I love the books by Vince Flynn. Ive read all 12, the 13th one comes out on Tuesday.
Currently reading James Patterson's Scot Harvath series!! All great books.
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Garrett
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Joined: Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:00 pm Posts: 1719 Location: Chicago
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I agree with Jet on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, a Sci-Fi space-war novel. It's a great book, but the sequels don't match it.
I highly reccommend anything by J.D. Salinger (Realistic fiction based in the 50s -- not something I'd expect anyone to like) and Heinlein (Sci-Fi: Stranger in a Strangeland, Starship Troopers, For Us, The Living, etc.)
One of the first books I really enjoyed is Battle Royale, a Japanese book comparable to Lord of the Flies, except in this case their forced to fight to the death.
The book I'm currently reading is 1Q84, a total mind-fuck. Translated from Japanese, it's still amazingly-written. Pulp Fiction style and some very mature parts.
After this, I'm going to start the Dark Tower series, since Hooker recommends it so well.
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| Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:53 pm |
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Kwang!
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Joined: Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:04 pm Posts: 4413 Location: Here.
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Garrett wrote: I agree with Jet on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, a Sci-Fi space-war novel. It's a great book, but the sequels don't match it. I've read the books but I didn't read them until after I listened to every single one in audio format. The audiobooks are where it's at when it comes to the Ender series.
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das
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Joined: Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 278
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Gman wrote: Read "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy and "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu and you will be ready for life. i feel like you would love The Book of Five Rings. Short book but its one you read more than once.
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| Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:19 am |
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Greatness
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Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:00 am Posts: 988 Location: Urbana, IL
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Getting To YesThis is a good book that will help you in the workplace and in everyday conflicts. It does a good job of condensing thousands of pages and years of study into a quick read. Its amazing how much money I have borrowed for these degrees that are basically a list of books to read lol.
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Savagestrike
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Joined: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:47 pm Posts: 803 Location: Corvallis, Oregon (OSU)
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Anything Stephen King. This guy is brilliant. Aside from the obvious, read Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Holy f*ck, it's good.
If you're into fantasy, Stephen King's Dark Tower series is fantastic.
Here's my favorites: Pet Sematary- Stephen King IT- Stephen King Rose Red- Stephen King The Road- Cormac McCarthy Congo- Micheal Chrichton Jurassic Park- Micheal Chrichton The Lost World- Micheal Chrichton The Moviegoer- Saul Bellow Stardust- Neil Gaiman Choke- Chuck Palahnuik Fight Club- Chuck Palahnuik
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| Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:41 pm |
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SuperEffect
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 1944 Location: Parts unknown
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Tower Series- Stephen King -Best All around series,an emotional roller coaster Lucifer's Hammer-Larry Niven-Best end of the world scenario,old but good Havoc-Jack Du Brul-Action adventure at its best The Beast-Peter benchley-A better read than Jaws to me,but all his stuff rocks World War Z-max Brooks-Zombies take over,nuff said Ghost Story-Peter Straub-Classic ghost story,hence the name Duma Key-Stephen King-His best late career novel to me
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Tazzaler
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Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:00 pm Posts: 5727 Location: Dakota, North
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Capital
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Kwang!
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Joined: Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:04 pm Posts: 4413 Location: Here.
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SuperEffect wrote: Duma Key-Stephen King-His best late career novel to me I agree, it's probably the best I've read but that's a tough call. I enjoy every SK book I read and while some of them look like he just phoned it in, even when he does phone it in, it comes across better than say, Dean Koontz who kind-of sucks imo.
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Montreal
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Joined: Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:46 am Posts: 2623 Location: Montreal, Canada
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I recently read the biography of Steve Jobs and enjoyed it. I would also recommend Legacy of Ashes, an interesting book about the history of the CIA.
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